'Assad: the executioner stubbornly bogs himself down'

FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 07/01/13: French papers react to Bashar al-Assad’s speech yesterday. Libération says he’s perfected the role of an unwavering autocrat and is worse than Saddam, Gaddafi and Mubarak. Meanwhile, French papers react to Gérard Depardieu’s new Russian passport.

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